STEPHAN SECURES HOME GP
Stephan Bohner won his home GP at the first attempt, winning an intriguing race at Zandvoort. In changing conditions, Bohner was able to get out front and stay there, making smart decisions for tyres at every moment necessary. For the majority of the race, the only challenger that he had was that of teammate Jamie Cocks, the Australian looking strong again. A late dry line provided the means for some drivers to take a chance at some dry tyres, with Cocks holding out in a last ditch effort to get ahead. It worked, before it really didn't work at all. Bohner however did pit and pulled away with ease to his first victory of the season and fourth of his career.
Cocks meanwhile quickly fell victim to an onslaught of chasers, and small mistakes didn't help him. Falling behind Bohner, he fell to fifth, where he was only 2 tenths from being seventh. Takahiro Yamaguchi secured his first ever podium with a neat drive, and was well ahead of Joel Rautavaara who kept up his form with another podium in third. Harry Costello took fourth for RD, before Cocks led Rob Sharp and Tapio Rinneaho across the line with very little to spare. James McNamara took 8th ahead of the other Dutchman, Donald Brugman in 9th and Vimal Ana in 10th.
Jack Laskey and Pablo Diehl were within a second of points in 11th and 12th, while Sigoulakis and Graham both ended a lap down. Reed was the final classified finisher after going off with 5 to go.
Tobi Kederer made a mistake that ended his day, leaving the DTK driver at a career crossroads. He wasn't the only one either, with Harvey, Mishra, Utzer and Ishikawa all crashing out as well, while Martins had a loose wheel and Cornes had a transmission failure.
The fact that Cornes has retired a third time in a row means that the championship is well and truly open now, while the Australian leads by 38 in the drivers championship, Razor have seen their lead slashed to a mere 20 points as the two N-Tech's are taking strong points. Rautavaara remains the main driver challenger, as Cocks and Costello are 57 and 60 points respectively off the lead.
Next round is from the Osterreichring in Austria, and we hope to have it working properly this time for sure.
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RDFIA Press Conference
@Smartbean Congratulations on the home win, is this the biggest win of your career thus far?
@T.Yamaguchi A big effort from you as well today, your first podium, talk us through it.
@Joel It seemed it was going to be a struggle, but third today for you, you must be happy with that again?
Press Paddock
@William Néron Your boys are starting to turn it up again, are both championships a realistic opportunity?
@Rob Sharp These points things must be great to get now?
@Matt Bailey Any worry in the camp right now?
@Jack Hunsley First today for your team with a podium, is a win around the corner?